Michael Bay is one of the most talented and visionary directors of the present time. He has been the mind behind some of the biggest hits at the box office. Some of his superhit movies include Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon, and more. He is the director of 5 Transformers movies, and each one received an exceptional response from the audience. However, Indiana Jones once gave important advice to the director regarding the franchise.
Michael Bay was once advised by the ace director Steven Speilberg for the Transformers franchise, however, he chose to ignore it.
Michael Bay rejected Steven Spielberg’s advice about the Transformers
Michael Bay has been attached to the Transformers series from the start. He was the director and producer of the top-selling franchise. However, the fourth and fifth movies received mixed reviews from audiences, and ratings were also average. The sequels were not received well, but the director had high hopes for the series.
The average ratings did not deter the filmmaker from making more sequels. However, director Steven Speilberg advised him to step away from the franchise after the third film. But Bay chose to ignore it due to his love for the series.
Bay said per Unilad,
“I made too many of them. Steven Spielberg said, ‘Just stop at three.’ And I said I’d stop,”. The studio begged me to do a fourth, and then that made a billion too. And then I said I’m gonna stop here. And they begged me again.”
“I should have stopped. They were fun to do.”
Even after the commercial disappointment of the later sequels in the franchise, he did not want to turn down the opportunity to go back on the sets and make more sequels.
Michael Bay’s Transformers franchise
Michael Bay’s Transformers first hit the theatres in 2007, and it was a massive hit with $708 million grossing worldwide. The lead cast included Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, The success of the film led to further franchises including Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Transformers: Age of Extinction featuring Mark Wahlberg, and the last movie directed by Bay was Transformers: The Last Knight. He has not directed any further films of the franchise, however, he is involved in the creative team of the Transformers.
Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg served as a producer on the 2018 film Bumblebee. They also produced the 2023 film, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, featuring Anthony Ramos, Pete Davidson, and Liza Koshy. The film grossed $433.8 million worldwide, but it has become the lowest-grossing movie of the whole franchise.
The next one in the series is Transformers One, which will hit the theatres in 2024.
Source- Unilad
